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Journal Article | Jan 2021
Legal Mobilization to Protect Women against Rape in Islamist Sudan
A popular uprising recently ousted Omar al-Bashir and his Islamist cronies from power after having ruled Sudan with an iron fist since 1989. Sexual abuse and torture orchestrated by the...
in Cahiers d'études africaines

Report in External Series | 2020
Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for revenue generation in poor African countries
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic the need in poor countries in Africa for more revenues is obvious and growing - also because aid agencies are quite stingy in...
Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS Working Paper no. 13: 2020) 61 p.

Sudan Working Paper | 2020
Sudan’s Transition: Living in Bad Surroundings
Following the 2019 April revolution, Sudan now finds itself in the middle of a profound and uncertain political transition. Should the transition succeed, the country could move in directions that...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Working Paper SWP 2020:4) 17 p.

Journal Article | 2020
¿Y la salud intercultural?: Lecciones desde la pandemia que no debemos olvidar(What about intercultural health?: Lessons from the pandemic that we should not forget, E a saúde intercultural: lições da pandemia que não devemos esquecer)
Those of us who work in indigenous health know that it is very common for Indigenous People or peasants to be represented as guilty for their health problems. Such representations...
in Mundo Amazónico vol. 11 no. 2 pp. 93-110

CMI Working Paper | 2020
Comparing legal activism in Zimbabwe and Zambia
Battles over democracy are manifested in contestations over legal frameworks and within judicial institutions. Lawfare refers to the strategic use of law and legal institutions by actors in civil and...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 2020:5) 30 p.

Journal Article | 2020
The non-oil tax reform in Angola: Escaping from petroleum dependency?
Angola experienced an extraordinary oil boom between 2004 and 2014. During this period, oil revenue accounted for 80% of all government revenue. In 2011, the Government of Angola started implementing...
in The Extractive Industries and Society vol. 7

Book Chapter | 2020
Corruption in customs: How can it be tackled?
This chapter examines recent experiences in combating corruption in customs administration in developing countries. There is no lack of measures, norms, standards or ‘best practices’ to address corruption. Although development...
in World Bank (2020): Enhancing Government Effectiveness and Transparency: The Fight Against Corruption. Washington D.C.

Report in External Series | 2020
Interim Governance Arrangements in Post-Conflict and Fragile Settings
This report provides an understanding of how temporary governance during major political transitions is structured and how it works in practice. Interim governance arrangements are the exercise of public power...
Stockholm: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (Edinburgh Dialogues on Post-Conflict Constitution Building) 45 p.

Book | 2020
Fishers, Monks and Cadres: Navigating State, Religion and the South China Sea in Central Vietnam, co-published by NIAS Press and the University of Hawai'i Press (Paperback February 2021)
This remarkable and timely ethnography explores how fishing communities living on the fringe of the South China Sea in central Vietnam interact with state and religious authorities as well as...
NIAS Press and the University of Hawai'i Press

Journal Article | 2020
Legal Reform or Erasure of History? The Politics of Moral Crimes in Afghanistan
in Central Asian Survey

U4 Practitioner Experience Note | 2020
Twenty years with anti-corruption. Part 9. The UK’s changing anti-corruption landscape – new energy, new horizons
Between 2013 and 2018, the UK made unusually rapid progress in improving instruments to address corruption. These advances included legal reforms, such as establishing beneficial ownership registers, Deferred Prosecution Agreements,...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Practitioner Experience Note 2020:9)

U4 Issue | 2020
A Theory of Change for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. Designing resource governance pathways to improve developmental outcomes
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative is a major international effort to disclose information about extractive activities. Having an explicit Theory of Change could help it to improve natural resource governance...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2020:11)

Sudan Brief | 2020
COVID-19 and the urgent need to protect Sudanese women against violence
Three decades of Islamist rule institutionalized a culture of violence against women in Sudan. The COVID-19 pandemic and state instructed lockdown has led to an acute situation for many Sudanese...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Brief 2020:5) 4 p.

Sudan Working Paper | 2020
Food Security and Agricultural Development in Sudan: The case of Kassala State
This research discusses the relationship between agricultural development and food security, determinants of supply of (production of food) and demand for (consumption of food) food and determinants of food insecurity...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Working Paper SWP 2020:1)

CMI Report | 2020
Literature Review: Democracy and Human Rights in contemporary Latin America (2015-2020) Trends, challenges, and prospects
Abstract
Through a review of scholarly and other well-informed articles as well as media reports, this CMI Report aims to summarize discussions on challenges for democracy and human rights in Latin...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2020:01)

CMI Brief | 2020
La diplomatie humanitaire
Améliorer l’accès à l’aide humanitaire dans les conflits et dans les situations d’urgence complexes a toujours été la plus grande préoccupation pour les acteurs humanitaires. Historiquement l’humanitarisme a été conduit...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief no. 2020:06) 4 p.

U4 Issue | 2020
Health sector corruption. Practical recommendations for donors
Corruption in the health sector can make the difference between life and death. It has severe consequences for access, quality, equity, efficiency, and efficacy of health services and is an...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2020:10)

CMI Brief | 2020
Ebola outbreak 2014-2016: Effects on other health services
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief no. 2020:03) 4 p.

U4 Guide | 2020
Supporting civil society during the Covid-19 pandemic. The potentials of online collaborations for social accountability
There are significant corruption risks during times of crisis. Civil society has an important role to play in ensuring funds to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic reach their destination. Donors and...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Guide 2020:1)

U4 Guide | 2020
Apoyo a la sociedad civil durante la pandemia de Covid-19. El potencial de las colaboraciones en línea para la responsabilidad social
En tiempos de crisis, existen riesgos significativos de corrupción. La sociedad civil juega un papel importante en garantizar que los fondos para hacer frente a la pandemia de Covid-19 lleguen...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Guide 2020:2)